Hey remember The Broad Street Diner, the grey lady of Broad and Ellsworth? It used to be “A Place For Ribs.” Now it’s “A Place Stephen Starr May Turn Into A Chic Restaurant That I Can’t Afford.” (Sorry, didn’t mean to be snarky. Starr's done a lot for Philly.) According to Food and Drinq, Mr. Starr has signed a letter of intent, applied for a liquor license, and begun kicking around some ideas of what......

The new writers just keep on coming – this time, in the form of Stephanie Mannis, a chronic Yelper who won us over when she sent us a bit of marketing collateral she wrote for work about an American answer to the Beatles. Welcome aboard, Stephanie! Here's the buzz in the 215 blogs this week: Jeff Deeney over at Phawker sang the praises of author Susan Jacoby, who in turn railed against the dumbing down......

No this isn't an ode to the Rolling Stones (though we do hear the bass line from that song in our head when we're walking down Market Street in the summertime). This is an ode to our love, Philadelphia. We are counting the hours until we get back to your edgy goodness. Unlike our other trips to Vegas, this one sucks. Perhaps it is because we are travelling alone and aren't in the mood to......

Do you know what's really cool about airplane bathrooms? Neither do I. I associate them with long flights, questionable sanitation, and an inexplicable fear of getting suctioned to the toilet seat if it flushes while I'm on it (that's how my brain processes technology). Stephen Starr, however, clearly doesn't feel this way, as the restrooms at Pod are, well, airline bathrooms that will never see flight. Unless, of course, by the time he opened Pod,......

Philly is a great restaurant town. Sometimes, we think that's why we stick around. It's hard to walk twenty feet in Center City without finding a crowded BYO or hip Stephen Starr restaurant. And for the most part, we love going out to eat in Philly. Of course, we've had our share of craptastic restaurant experiences in Philly. Like the authentic diner that seemed to specialize in cold soup and warm milkshakes, the steakhouse that......

Pennsylvania native Adriana Paveglio is one of the hardest working pastry chefs in Philadelphia. Part of the Stephen Starr empire, she oversees pastry for Continental, Jones, Washington Square and the recently-closed Angelina. A graduate of The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College, her work will soon be appearing in Art Culinaire, a hardbound, food porn magazine full of beautiful photography and culinary mega-stars. Adriana graciously submitted to a nosy Q&A and provided Phillyist with......